Students of Columbia University were expelled: action on anti -Israeli protests; About 80 punished

Columbia University said on Tuesday that it has punished several students for her role in the anti -Israel protests held in the campus in 2024. This action involves expulsion, suspension and even cancellation of degrees. While the university did not share the exact number, a student group said that about 80 students have been targeted. These punishment are associated with two specific protest events-a sit-in in the university library in May and a protest during the weekend of alumni in the spring. Columbia said that the protest of the library disrupted hundreds of students at the time of preparation for the examination. Disciplinary measures included probation, suspension of one to three years, degree cancellation and permanent removal. This crack comes when the Colombia interactions with the Trump administration to achieve $ 400 million in federal funds. Trump has accused top universities such as Columbia and Harvard of allegedly not enough to prevent anti-Jewishism during protest against the Israeli war in Gaza. Colombia, which was at the center of previous year’s campus protest, has now agreed to introduce several policy reforms as part of the funding negotiations. Some students say that these changes are giving under political pressure. Meanwhile, the Harvard is challenging the funding cuts in the court. Columbia said it was the last set of disciplinary works related to opposition to previous spring. The student group Colombia University, Ryuns Divest (CUAD), which supports cutting financial relations with Israel, stated that the punishment for library protest was more rigid than previous demonstrations. The group said, “We will not live in this way,” saying that they are committed to support Palestine.